Best of Kenya - 10 days from $4,795 - Departing on Monday
Day 1 Depart USA
Depart the USA on your overnight transatlantic flight.
Day 2 Arrive Nairobi
Upon arrival in London this morning, connect to the Nairobi-bound flight, arriving later this evening. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. (West Coast travelers may need to depart one day earlier due to flight schedules.)
Norfolk Hotel
Day 3 Nairobi (BD)
The morning is at leisure. After lunch, travel out to the suburbs of Karen to visit the former home of Karen von Blixen, now a museum. After time to walk through the house (which still contains some of Ms. Blixen's original possessions) take the short drive to the Giraffe Center. Here, come eye-to-eye with the graceful Rothschild giraffes and feed them from an elevated platform. Later tonight, enjoy dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant.
Norfolk Hotel
Day 4 Nairobi-Aberdares (BLD)
This morning your drive takes you into the Aberdares mountain range for a night at a tree hotel. Relax on the verandah of your lodge and wait as animals come to the lit waterhole to drink water and to scratch for salt.
The Ark
Day 5 Aberdares-Mt. Kenya (BLD)
Travel by road to William Holden's former retreat set at the foot of majestic Mt. Kenya. The afternoon is at leisure to enjoy the 110-acre setting. Perhaps a round of golf or relaxation by the pool?
Mt. Kenya Safari Club
Day 6 Mt. Kenya-Masai Mara (BLD)
Transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight to the Masai Mara and your tented camp set along the banks of the Mara River. After lunch, enjoy game viewing in Kenya's most famous national reserve. Perhaps best known for its black-maned lions, the Mara is also home to all the Big Five as well as a wide variety of plains game like zebra, wildebeest, topi and impala.
Mara Safari Club
Day 7 Masai Mara (BLD)
During your two full days in the Mara, you might want to take an optional hot air balloon safari one morning. As you glide above the plains, you have a unique perspective on the game activities below. Bird enthusiasts will thrill at the prospect of spotting some of the 500 species of birds recorded in the Mara. Watch for cheetah in the rolling grassland, as well as warthog, kongoni, and jackal - among the 95 mammal species recorded in the Mara.
Mara Safari Club
Day 8 Masai Mara (BLD)
On morning and afternoon game drives, you will surely see any animals that you might not have already checked off your list. The Mara is home to some of the most abundant wildlife in Kenya!
Mara Safari Club
Day 9 Masai Mara-Depart (BD)
After an early morning game drive, a light aircraft flight takes you back to Nairobi where day rooms are available until your departure this evening on the overnight flight to London.
Norfolk Hotel
(day room)
Day 10 Arrive USA
Arrive in London early this morning and connect to your homeward bound flight.
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